Shrine Consecration Ceremony
A special Shinto ceremony will be held on Sunday 30th June from 11:30 to welcome the spirits of Matsuno’o Grand Shrine from Kyoto to Fordham Abbey.
The shrine will be named Fordham Matsuno’o Shrine.
Since ancient times, Matsuno’o Grand Shrine has existed to worship two deities:
Ōyama-gui-no-kami and Ichikishima-hime-no-mikoto.
All across Japan, the shrine is deeply revered by enterprises and local parishioners involved in sake brewing.
The ceremony will be conducted in the shrine in the Japanese garden. The ceremony will be followed by Japanese dance performance, Taiko Drumming & Flute and others. Wagyu BBQ & Sushi lunch will be served in the event hall/kitchen garden.
There will be prayer sessions (Kitou) if you would like to take part in them.
£120 per person (Dojima Members – £100 each)
It is our great pleasure to inform you about a special ceremony that we will be holding to welcome the spirits of Matsuno’o Grand Shrine to Fordham Abbey on 30th June, 2024.
Since ancient times, Matsuno’o Grand Shrine has existed to worship two deities:
Ōyama-gui-no-kami and Ichikishima-hime-no-mikoto.
All across Japan, the shrine is deeply revered by enterprises and local parishioners involved in sake brewing.
After four years, we are pleased to announce that – owing to your generous support – the Fordham Matsuno’o Shrine could finally be established here in Cambridgeshire, as the first branch shrine of its kind outside Japan.
Matsuno’o Grand Shrine has been most supportive of our mission:
We are committed to providing added value to sakeproduction and to expanding the market for sake on a global scale. At the same time, through fostering cultural exchange and deepening mutual understanding, we hope to strive for progress together with you.
Fordham Matsuno’o Shrine will act as a spiritual guardian watching over the prosperity of the sake industry as well as of the brewing industry as a whole – and of all breweries, Japanese or otherwise, involved in promoting sake internationally.
Shintō brings people together in the worship of deities – the kami.
And it is through sake that humans and these deities are said to interact.
Hence, we warmly invite everyone to participate in and experience the enshrinement ceremony.
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